The Starke County Commissioners last night heard an emotional testimony from Jay Dollahan, a Knox resident whose dog had been killed by a Starke County Sheriff’s officer in September. Dollahan explained his dog had run out of his home and toward the officer to “check him out,” and he said his dog never would have bit the officer who approached his home to serve civil court papers.
The second killing of a dog by a police officer in Starke County has the community wondering why these incidents take place and what can be done to prevent them.
Jay Dollahan of Knox said his dog, which he described as an almost-two-year-old Old English Bulldogge, was killed by an officer yesterday when he had come to Dollahan’s home on 700 East to serve civil court papers. Dollahan said the officer pulled up to the home and noticed a “Beware of Dog” sign, but continued walking toward the home and identified himself as he approached.
